In July of 2007 , author J.K. Rowling published the final installment of theHarry Potterbook serial , conclude the seven - book saga of The Boy Who live . The successful picture show franchise would keepHarry Potterexcitement in the aviation for a few years afterHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , though Rowling made sure not to pass on her fans . What people had was what people had . She was done piece of writing Bible in the wizarding creation .
So far , the author ’s kept to that hope . Kind of .
This summer , the world will see an eighth Harry Potter tale enter the canyon , in the form of the two - part fun , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child . The show get in on the heels of major Harry Potter revelations , spend by Rowling on social medium and her website , Pottermore.com , to stoke the imaginations of her readers . As we prepare for theCursed Child , and the spinoff pic franchiseFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , here ’s a comprehensive timeline of J.K. Rowling ’s story - expanding spells . She could n’t quitHarry Pottereither :
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2007: Dumbledore is gay
The same year Rowling ’s last Word hits shelves , American publishing house Scholastic declare a contest where grand - prize winners fly to New York City to hear the author take fromThe Deathly Hallows . They also win the chance to ask her a question . One is seismic .
" Did Dumbledore , who trust in the prevail powerfulness of love , ever go down in love himself ? " someone ask .
" My truthful solution to you , " Rowling replied , " [ is that ] I always think of Dumbledore as homo . "
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Rowling also shades her account with these details , revealed at the Scholastic effect :
2007: Everyone is obsessed with the epilogue
Rowling’sDeathly Hallowspress tour is a world - inflate bonanza . During aTodayshow appearance , the generator says that she had copious preeminence about the time to come of her main trio , and details on the next coevals of young wizards , before scrapping them from the release text . " It did n’t make for very well as a piece of music of writing , " Rowling admits . " It feel very much that I had crowbarred in every bit of entropy I could … In a novel you have to resist the urge to evidence everything . "
That does n’t stop her from revealing these write up details at her various stops :
2007: Rowling releasesTales of Beedle the Bard
Rowling releases theTales of Beedle the Bard , a shortsighted book of three short wizarding fables . She also makes seven copy by script , and encrypt " Federal Reserve note " from Potter characters inside the dither ( six were giving , the seventh was auctioned off for Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae ) . The Christian Bible includes five fables ( admit the " Tale of the Three Brothers " that ground theDeathly Hallows ) along with “ commentary ” by Albus Dumbledore , and is suppose to be “ understand from the ancient runic letter ” by Hermione , suggest she compiled Dumbledore ’s notes and translated her transcript of the book after the Battle of Hogwarts .
2008: The court blocks Harry Potter Lexicon
Rowling becomes drag in a lawsuit with the fan site " Harry Potter Lexicon , " which plans to publish an encyclopedia of the wizarding world . Rowling finally wins her font , but since she had praise the Lexicon website only to stop the printing process of a book a few long time later , Rowling ’s fan interaction seems to sour for a moment .
2011: Pottermore launches with The Magical Quill challenge
Pottermore.com , Scholastic ’s officialHarry Potterhub , built to sell e - al-Qur’an and audiobook versions of the series , launches limit beta enrollment ( “ The Magical Quill challenge ” ) to coincide withThe Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ’s arriver in theaters . The site to the full launch in 2012 and , over the long time , grows to include new Book of Revelation about the world - building Rowling did in write the terminal books .
2014: Hermione should have ended up with Harry
Rowling state of matter in aWonderlandmagazine interview conducted by Emma Watson that Harry and Hermione belike should have ended up together . “ I wrote the Hermione / Ron relationship as a sort of wishing fulfillment,”she aver . “ That ’s how it was conceived , really . For reason that have very piddling to do with lit and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it , Hermione ended up with Ron . ”
2014: Reports from the 2014 Quidditch World Cup
Pottermore occur of eld in 2014 when Rowling posts two new pieces of committal to writing that take place after the canonic Harry Potter series , both " covering " the 2014 Quidditch World Cup . The first is a account from the quillof Rita Skeeter , the gossip columnist first introduced inHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , and the otherfrom an older Ginny Weasley , year after marrying Harry and hit the sack from her Quidditch days .
2014: Rowling reveals she’s writing aHarry Potterspinoff movie
Escalating her Twitter interaction with fans , Rowling tweets a mystifying subject matter ( " Newt Scamander ’s History of New York Fauna : One township , my narration " Warmer . ) that she reveals to be an anagram for “ Newt Scamander only meant to stay in New York for a few hours , " the first sentence of a treatment forFantastic creature and Where to come up Them , a picture she ’ll write .
2014: Pottermore releases details on Umbridge and Malfoy
A Halloween story on Pottermorereveals former Professor Umbridge had a squib buddy and a muggle mother . In a Christmas patch , we get word Draco Malfoy curbed his wizardly bias because his wife , Astoria Greengrass , refused to produce their offspring as Muggle haters .
2014: Hogwarts was for everyone but Wiccans
Rowling becomes one of Twitter ’s most influential 140 - eccentric spinner . During December , she confirms that there was a Judaic wizard at Hogwarts ( Anthony Goldstein , Ravenclaw ) , thatthere were LGBT students at Hogwarts , and that therewere bookman of every faith … except Wiccans .
2015: Fluffy the three-headed dog lived!
Rowling revealson Twitterthat the three - headed dog that guarded the trap door inHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’sStone lived out his days in Greece .
2015: Harry’s Son James is a Gryffindor
In 2015 , the first of Harry ’s Logos would have start at Hogwarts , so Rowling takes to Twitter to update the world : James Potter is , unsurprisingly , in Gryffindor house .
2015: Rowling reveals Moaning Myrtle’s full name
Also on Twitter , the author canonizes the weeping ghost ’s full name as Myrtle Elizabeth Warren . No relation to the American politician – “ Elizabeth ” just sound like a good British middle name .
2015: Hagrid can’t produce a Patronus
While working onFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them , Rowling continues to resolve questions on societal media , and dispense canon updates , like this one aboutHagrid ’s Patronus .
2015: The “t” in Voldemort was supposed to be silent
Perhaps a act late too tardy to bend the ship around after the Warner Bros. adjustment pass eight picture suppose “ Voldemort " with a hard " thyroxine , " but Rowling saysthe “ intended”version sounds weird .
2015:Harry Potter and the Cursed Childis canon
Rowling takesto Twitter to announcea newHarry Potterplay that will open up in 2016 on London ’s West End calledHarry Potter and the Cursed Child . After some initial mix-up , Rowling clarifies that it is not a prequel and will be a newHarry Potterstory featuring the familiar characters 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts .
2015: Hermione could be black
Actress Noma Dumezweni is cat as Hermione inHarry Potter and the Cursed Child , causing a pocket-sized uproar with rooter who do n’t read how a black actress could land the part . Rowling shuts down any criticismby tweeting“Canon : browned eye , frizzly fuzz and very clever . White skin was never limit . Rowling loves black Hermione . ”
2016: World-wide wizarding schools
At aHarry Potterfan event in January , Pottermore.com trumpets other international wizarding school , along with short descriptions of the schooling that had come out in the Holy Writ ( Beauxbaton and Durmstrang inGoblet of Fire ) . New schools include Uganda ’s Ugadau , Japan ’s Mahoutokoro , Brazil ’s Castelobroxo , and the North American institution , Illvermorney .
2016: An apology for killing Remus
With both Pottermore.com and Rowling storm up for the fall release ofFantastic Beasts and Where to get Them , tweaks to theHarry Pottermythos candle off . Except fora brief excuse on a special day of remembrance .
2016: “History of Magic in North America”
Rowling begins herFantastic Beastsworld - construction through the “ History of Magic in North America , ” four abbreviated summary about the state of the wizarding earth across the Atlantic up through 1920 . The account lesson exposes a segregation between wizard and “ No - Maj ” ( the American version of “ Muggle ” ) that was even more intense than in Europe . " story of Magic " also prompts aboriginal American scholar to scold Rowling for capture their cultivation .
2016: Rowling unveilsHarry Potter and the Cursed Child
The first calendar week in June , previews will set out for the two - partHarry Pottersequel , based on a write up by J.K. Rowling , Jack Thorne , and John Tiffany . The turn is meant to be go through in the same day or on two consecutive evenings . outside fan will be able to purchase the script asa Holy Writ when it ’s let go of on July 31st , Harry ’s birthday .
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